Re: rebellious pg stats collector (reopened case) - Mailing list pgsql-admin

> alive".  Otherwise you'll have trouble with the collector not stopping
> when you want it to.  Look into src/backend/storage/ipc/pmsignal.c:
>
> -        return (getppid() == PostmasterPid);
> +        return (getppid() != 1);
>
> (Obviously this is a hack, but it should work on any Unixish system)
>
Thanks. I'm going to try this next weekend (when nobody works on the
database) and come back with the results.